Disabled Access Day 2019

Disabled Access Day aims to promote the accessible experiences that are available for disabled people, and this year’s event is encouraging people to “try something new and send a review”. I myself am going to an event today and will post my thoughts on it in due course, along with other accessible events that I’m attending this month.

Today is important because it helps to raise awareness of the importance of accessibility for all. It is a basic human right for everyone to have equal access to products, services, experiences, etc, including disabled people, because we need, desire and enjoy the same things as everyone else. We’re all human at the end of the day. Yet there are still many barriers to access and things that need to be improved, which is one reason why there are so many visually impaired bloggers and disabled bloggers who discuss their accessibility issues on a regular basis

However, it’s just as important to celebrate the positives as well. There are already lots of accessible experiences out there, and Disabled Access Day is a great opportunity to promote them. Because it’s not always obvious what’s available. Even now I’m still discovering things in London despite living here for 2 years! So to have a day full of organised events to choose from is a great initiative, which will hopefully inspire disabled people to discover and do more, and inspire other individuals and organisations to take notice and work to improve access for all.

So with that in mind, I’m very proud to have been asked to write 2 guest posts for today, highlighting the accessible experiences that I’ve been enjoying in London. So please do check them out, and I hope you enjoy them: